Woman sues former landlord after he ‘refuses’ to return $850 security deposit – and renter was pushed out

A CHICAGO woman had entered a legal battle with her former landlord when she was allegedly pushed out of her apartment abruptly after 11 years.

Renter Sandra Diaz filed a lawsuit against her landlord, claiming that he wrongfully evicted her during the pandemic and refused to hand back her $850 security deposit.

Diaz moved into her apartment in a brick two-flat building in the 3100 block of North Elston Avenue in 2009, per a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court in 2022.

The tenant argued that her former landlord Armando Garza illegally kicked her out of her home and withheld her $850 security deposit, filing the lawsuit to recover the money…

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